28

Li Haochu suddenly stood up from the bedside and stared at the face of his half brother: "You - your eyes!"

Su Yun was stunned, raised his head and looked at him: "What's wrong?"

Li Haochu: "Silver... just now your eyes changed color!"

"Is that so?" Su Yun was silent for a moment, then he reached out and touched his eyelids, "You must have seen it wrong... Have you been very tired recently? You actually have such hallucinations."

"Hallucination... How is it possible? I clearly saw it--" Li Haochu looked at Su Yun's eyes in doubt, but this pair of brown-black eyes were clear and clean, and had nothing to do with silver.

Could it be that I really saw it wrong? Li Haochu wanted to convince himself, but the fleeting magical color was engraved in his mind like a brand.

He couldn't stay here any longer... No matter what the reason was, he had to leave immediately without hesitation.

Li Haochu sat down again, but the chair seemed to have grown thorns, causing him to stand up again quickly. He hurriedly found an excuse: "I'm leaving first. There have been a lot of problems at home recently, and we have agreed to help each other. I'm in charge of Haishi. Contact me if there is anything."

Su Yun lowered his eyes: "Okay, thank you, I will contact you if anything happens."

But Li Haochu didn't wait for Su Yun to finish his words. He turned around and left, closing the door subconsciously.

It was not until the soundproof door of the ward closed behind him that Li Haochu breathed a sigh of relief. He leaned against the wall, lowered his head and stared into space.

Hallucination? Is it really an illusion?

I don't know how long it took, but the sound of medical staff's footsteps came from the end of the corridor. Li Haochu woke up as if from a dream. He rubbed his temples and walked to the end of the corridor.

Maybe he was really too busy these days? He actually jumped up like a rabbit beside the patient's bed. He undoubtedly lost his composure today, but this was the result of his best efforts to restrain himself.

If that strange and enchanting silver color really existed, ordinary mortals would be powerless to resist it. They would either worship it, flee for their lives, or... throw themselves into a flame like moths.

29

Su Yun was the only one left in the ward again.

Su Yun took his medical record from the bedside table and looked through it. The content of the record was almost the same as he expected. He did not have any physical symptoms and all his signs were within the normal range. Apart from being too weak, there were no other problems.

But all this is just "normal" on the surface.

Yun knew that he was no longer a human being. Hidden within this body of flesh and blood that seemed to be molded was a monster that even he himself feared.

Su Yun lowered his eyes and looked at his own shadow. At this moment, this dark shadow was curled up in his quilt, looking well-behaved.

——This is a very normal shadow.

Su Yun closed the quilt.

It’s hidden so well.

30

The nurse placed the peeled fruit plate on the counter and whispered, "Mr. Su, eat some fruit and stop looking at your phone."

Su Yun put down the phone: "Okay, thank you."

He didn't have many friends, so logically no one should come to see him, but this time he was not traveling to the foreign archaeological area alone. Professors and classmates sent him messages of concern while he was in a coma, and Su Yun needed to reply to each of these good intentions.

"You're welcome." The nurse gently reminded, "And according to the schedule, the doctor you made an appointment with should be here soon."

Su Yun asked back: "Psychologist?"

At this moment, the kind face of Doctor Wang subconsciously emerged in his mind, but he quickly realized that Doctor Wang didn't know that he had encountered an accident, and this was Hai City, and the psychologist this time should be the one arranged by Li Haochu.

The nurse quietly left the ward, and about five minutes later, the door was pushed open, and the psychologist that Li Haochu had made an appointment for arrived as scheduled.

This doctor was different from the psychologist Su Yun had in mind. This was a man who could be classified as elderly. He looked to be around fifty years old, with eyebrows and short hair that were both grayish-white with a tinge of iron gray. He was tall and strong, and looked very energetic. Only his expression matched people's expectations of a psychologist - kind and gentle.

Moreover, this man's clothes were also very unique. He simply wore a white surgeon's robe on the outside, which was naturally separated, revealing a set of dark blue clothes and pants under the white robe. Su Yun thought it was a Zhongshan suit at first glance, but after a closer look, he found that it was an antique Ma褂.

After the old man walked into the ward, he kept pushing the door open. He stood straight behind the door, which was out of place in the simple and warm ward.

The old man looked at Su Yun steadily, his face still with a kind and sincere smile, but for some reason it made Su Yun feel uncomfortable.

Su Yun suddenly had a firm intuition - this person was not a psychologist at all.

"Hello, are you Mr. Su?" The old man bowed slightly, "My last name is Qin, I am here to provide you with psychological counseling."

Su Yunleng

She looked at him indifferently and said softly, "Please close the door."

The old man did it immediately.

Su Yun asked calmly: "Who are you?"

The old man introduced himself again, his smile gradually widening, the corners of his mouth pulled up with the movement of his skin and flesh: "My name is Qin Chao, Mr. Su, you can ask me any questions - you should have a lot of confusion, right?"

Su Yun was silent for a moment, then asked directly: "Are you a priest?"

Qin Chao's smile remained in a frozen arc. It seemed that he looked a bit like the person in the black and white photo. He leaned forward again: "Yes, it seems that you have guessed it."

Su Yun: “…”

It was indeed impossible for these people to disappear. Perhaps the sinking of a man-made island was nothing to them. No, it should be said that this was normal. How could they let him go? After all, he had eaten the flower.

Su Yun lowered his eyes, not looking at the smiling face: "Didn't the artificial island get blown up?"

"You mean 'Paradise'? Of course Paradise is gone. The only flower has withered, so there is no need for the garden to exist." Qin Chao's smile grew exaggerated again, and the flesh on his cheek began to twist. "What's more, Paradise disgusts you, and your wishes are above all else."

Su Yun turned his head to look out the window in the afternoon. The sunlight was softly shining on the windowsill. He didn't care about the uninvited guest in the ward at all, and naturally he would not look at the old man's expression, which was no longer normal.

"My wishes are above all else? Then go and die."

"But..." the old man replied softly, "We are already dead, High Priest."

31

Li Haochu was driving on the highway, and his mother's voice came through the car's speakers.

[…Is your big brother awake? That’s great!] Even through her slightly distorted voice, one could tell she was tired. [Mom can’t come to Haishi right now, so I’ll ask you to take care of him first.]

Li Haochu looked up at the road sign: "Isn't martial law over yet?"

The exposure of the artificial islands is undoubtedly the biggest scandal of the year. What the outside world can see is just vague news, but those who are involved in it are undoubtedly suffering from an unprovoked disaster.

Lin Shuqin sighed softly: [No, your father predicted that this time it would last at least half a year... Such a big accident happened when we were expanding outward.]

Although it is said that nothing in the world is smooth sailing, this incident is a devastating disaster for his family.

The foreign families that cooperated with the Lin and Su families were all in danger. Not to mention cooperation, the number of people who had already died in it was too numerous to count.

Who would have thought that these seemingly human beings would actually want to achieve immortality through the human body, and even organize a cult for this purpose...

How is it possible for a person to be immortal?

The information he had read not long ago flashed through Li Haochu's mind at this moment. The photos and images in those horrific reports once broke the limits of his cognition. It was hard to imagine that someone would support such an experiment.

[Those contracts have basically ended. The most urgent thing now is to deal with the network of contacts.] Lin Shuqin smiled bitterly, "You are the oldest among the younger generation of this generation. I will leave those children to you first."

Li Haochu: "The Lin family's children are already in Hai City. Su Zheng and Su Wan will come the day after tomorrow. I will keep an eye on them."

Lin Shuqin smiled with relief: [That's good... and your elder brother... Xiaoyun is also in your hands. ]

Li Haochu: "Okay."

32

Su Yun turned and looked at Qin Chao. The old man was now standing by the door. His expression was not that distorted, but it was certainly not the expression a normal human would show. It was based on kindness and love, and then constructed into this subtle result.

So, they thought he should be the new high priest? Just because he ate the rose?

Qin Chao did not lie. Su Yun did not hear any sounds that should be present in this ward, such as heartbeat or breathing.

Already dead?

A lifeless monster...Su Yun suddenly thought of Anita, who was also lifeless.

Once he thought of this, Su Yun actually felt a little relaxed.

Since this "Mr. Qin" is no longer a human being, it's okay to treat him however you want, right?

"I'm not your high priest." Su Yun said softly, "And what I mean is - get out of my sight immediately."

Qin Chao put away his weird smile. He gently refused, like a father looking at a willful child: "The high priest is someone who can be recognized by the rose, and you have inherited the rose of God. Now you are our high priest."

Su Yun asked: "Where is my caregiver?"

Qin Chao: "She is also a good child, but now is not the occasion for her to appear. Please tell me if you need anything."

In other words, there was something wrong with this caregiver... Li Haochu probably didn't know who he had hired, but it was impossible for him to know.

Su Yun Silent

He sighed.

Perhaps Su Yun's silence gave Qin Chao an illusion. He began to talk about his grand plan: "Please take good care of yourself. We will wait for your recovery. You may not understand us yet, but it doesn't matter. I will help you become a high priest. Although the paradise and the flower garden have sunk, we still have the ark and heaven. You must not have seen them yet--"

"That's enough." Su Yun frowned coldly and said softly, "I don't want to know."

"No, you don't even know what you have now!" Qin Chao's tone became increasingly fanatical, and he spread his hands at the same time, "You have obtained the immortality that God allows humans to have. You are someone who can be favored by the gods. You have inherited all the roses - the gods! This is -"

Su Yun raised his head and looked at Qin Chao. At this moment, he completely abandoned his precious and rare disguise. His long, dull hair extended down his back, and thick molten silver filled his eyes.

Black shadows flowed down the bed, flowing silently like the River Styx, quietly permeating the ward.

Just as the old man was about to express his enthusiasm, he froze on his funny action, his voice stopped abruptly, and the expression on his face also froze.

The person in front of him was no longer the fragile patient lying on the hospital bed, but instead a god with silver eyes, looking down at him coldly.

The old man just felt like a dying ant.

"I said..." Su Yun just looked at this person and repeated, "Enough."

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